BIRD NOTES

On May 3 I went to Greenfield for a breakfast at the Greenfield Fire Department and I was surprised to see 30 chimney swifts, 60 tree swallows, a few barn swallows and two cliff swallows there.

After making several attempts to see a northern shoveler this year, I was successful. I was fortunate to see five of these ducks at the Port William Sewage Lagoons on April 19.

On April 14, Jennifer James and Mark Sweeny of Rose Bay wrote, “We have been blessed with several lovely bird visitors in the last few weeks.

I recently received my Nova Scotia Bird Society Newsletter Vol. 66, Issue 2 Winter 2023-24. The Christmas Bird Counts for Nova Scotia is covered.

I recently received a posting on Project Feeder Watch through Bird Studies Canada.

Some people refer to Cape Sable Island, Yarmouth and Baccaro as the Banana Belt of Nova Scotia and when we have snow, they are still green, but not this winter!

It is that time of year when migrants are starting to return. Dark-eyed juncos are moving back through.

During the past week, from March 11-18, there have been song sparrows and northern cardinals calling on territory everywhere.

The Lunenburg Christmas Bird Count took place on Jan. 1, 2025. The weather was difficult with strong winds and heavy fog for most of the morning and then around 14:00 heavy rain for the rest of the day.

The Nova Scotia Winter list which ran from Dec. 1, 2024 to Feb. 28, 2025 ended up with 209 species.

I was pleased to see a male and female Barrow's goldeneye in front of my house in LaHave.

The golden-crowned kinglet is a species that is constantly on the move and so very hard to photograph.